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Fayetteville Musician Jake Scott Purchases Former Cancer Support Home for $2.12M
Fayetteville musician Jake Scott and his wife Rachel purchased a 4,586-SF home for $2.12 million. The property, once Washington Regional Medical Center's Cancer Support Home, was sold by Allison Thurmond Quinlan. read more >
Medical Office Brings $5.6M in Fayetteville (NWA Real Deals)
Washington Regional Medical Center paid $5.6 million for a medical office in Fayetteville. read more >
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Former Motel 6 Sells for $4.25M (NWA Real Deals)
A California real estate investment group paid $4.25 million for a hotel on North College Avenue in Fayetteville. read more >
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New Appointments at Grand Savings Bank, Stephens Insurance, ASU-Beebe & More (Movers & Shakers)
Key Arkansas appointments include Aubrey Blackmon’s Agriculture Hall of Fame induction, Laura Landreaux as State Chamber chair, and leadership changes in banking, energy, health care, and more. read more >
Washington Regional Anesthesiologist Gains Board Certification (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Drew Rodgers is the first anesthesiologist in northwest Arkansas to achieve board certification in adult cardiac anesthesiology. read more >
Teresa Hudson Named Assistant Dean for Health Services Research at UAMS (Movers & Shakers)
Hudson is a professor in the school’s Psychiatry Department and co-director of UAMS AR ConnectNOW in the Psychiatric Research Institute. read more >
UAMS and Washington Regional Partner on Residency Program in NWA
The two medical institutions are actively recruiting for the first residency class, which will start in July 2023. read more >
Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Adds New Associate Director (Movers & Shakers)
Pebbles Fagan will lead new and existing cancer prevention and control activities at the Cancer Institute. read more >
Washington Regional Medical System, Alice L. Walton Foundation Announce Partnership
The partnership will increase access to specialty care services, expand clinical services, train the next generation of health care professionals and more.
Expand clinical services. read more >
Gilkey Joins MEMS Team (Movers & Shakers)
Aaron Gilkey has been hired as media and relations coordinator at Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services in Little Rock. read more >
Arkansas Health Network Saved Members $16.8M in 2020
Arkansas Health Network of Little Rock continued its growth during the pandemic and saved its members $16.8 million in 2020, the latest figures available. read more >
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Panel Approves $50M Emergency Request for More Beds at Arkansas Hospitals
The money will be used to add 265 beds at 11 hospitals under pressure from the omicron surge. read more >
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Crowley Heads to Washington Regional ER (NWA Movers & Shakers)
Angelica Crowley, an advanced practice registered nurse, recently joined Washington Regional of Fayetteville’s emergency department, where she cares for patients with acute illnesses and injuries. read more >
After 18 Months of 12-Hour Days, ‘We’re Tired’
After 12 months of grinding work on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a time this year when health care workers and executives thought they had put the worst behind them. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Washington Regional Acquires 15 Acres to Expand Operations
The $6.63 million property is adjacent to the health system's main campus. read more >
Dobies, Talbert Join National Park Medical Center (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. David Dobies, an interventional cardiologist, and Dr. Timothy Talbert, a cardiac electrophysiologist, have joined National Park Medical Center of Hot Springs. read more >
Tamhane, Turner Move to Baptist Clinics (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Shrikant Tamhane has joined Baptist Health Specialty Clinic of North Little Rock as an endocrinologist. Julie Turner has joined Baptist Health Breast Center’s Health High Risk Breast & Hereditary Cancer Clinic in Little Rock. read more >
Northwest Arkansas Hospitals Expand Despite Pandemic Pressure
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a heavy strain on the health care system, but that hasn’t stopped the expansion plans of the state’s hospitals. read more >
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McCool Picked to Head Washington Regional Auxiliary (Movers & Shakers)
Becky McCool has been elected president of Washington Regional Medical Center Auxiliary in Fayetteville. read more >
NWA Graduate Medical Programs Get $12.5M Boost
The Arkansas Legislative Council approves nearly $12.5 million in funding to establish up to 92 new graduate medical education positions at Washington Regional Medical Center by 2030. read more >
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